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Jean-Pierre Fryns

Jean-Pierre Fryns

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Genetics
Belgium
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Genetics

D-Index
125
Citations
54171
World Ranking
314
National Ranking
4

Medicine

D-Index
126
Citations
58186
World Ranking
2964
National Ranking
30

Jean-Pierre Fryns publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Genetics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jean-Pierre Fryns sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 1,338 publications — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

Jean-Pierre Fryns D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jean-Pierre Fryns sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 24 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 52 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 84 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 112 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 118 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 141 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 143 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 145 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 179 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 162 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 175 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 191 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 172 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 184 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 164 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 158 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 150 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 136 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 127 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 127 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 111 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 110 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 110 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 84 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 102 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 66 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 72 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 70 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 54 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 60 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 49 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 55 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 45 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 42 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 28 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 39 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 25 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 31 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 29 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 34 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 29 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 29 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 18 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 27 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 22 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 16 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 11 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 17 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 12 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 21 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 4 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 9 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 14 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 6 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 10 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 7 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 9 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 8 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 8 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 9 scientists 160+ D-Index: 96 scientists
40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 125 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Genetics in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Genetics in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

Jean-Pierre Fryns is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and has a scholarly focus broadly situated within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Medicine. Their research portfolio includes 182 publications in the former and 164 in the latter, indicating extensive work at the intersection of molecular science and clinical applications.

Their specialized research spans several subfields including Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Cancer Research, and Oncology. This cross-disciplinary expertise is reflected in the diversity of scientific themes addressed, which include Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics, Genomic Variations and Chromosomal Abnormalities, Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Congenital Heart Defects Research, Fetal and Pediatric Neurological Disorders, Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting, as well as Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies.

Jean-Pierre Fryns has contributed to various scholarly venues, frequently publishing in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Prenatal Diagnosis
  • Human Reproduction
  • European Journal of Human Genetics
  • Clinical Chemistry

Recent papers include:

  • "Current use of noninvasive prenatal testing in Europe, Australia and the USA: A graphical presentation" (2020), published in Acta Obstetricia Et Gynecologica Scandinavica
  • "Using common genetic variation to examine phenotypic expression and risk prediction in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome" (2020), published in Nature Medicine
  • "Genetic contributors to risk of schizophrenia in the presence of a 22q11.2 deletion" (2020), published in Molecular Psychiatry
  • "Outcome of publicly funded nationwide first-tier noninvasive prenatal screening" (2021), published in Genetics in Medicine
  • "Position statement from the International Society for Prenatal Diagnosis on the use of non-invasive prenatal testing for the detection of fetal chromosomal conditions in singleton pregnancies" (2023), published in Prenatal Diagnosis

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Koenraad Devriendt
  • Olga Tšuiko
  • Tatjana Jatsenko
  • Kris Van Den Bogaert
  • Nathalie Brison

Best Publications

  • CHROMOSOME INSTABILITY IS COMMON IN HUMAN CLEAVAGE-STAGE EMBRYOS

    Evelyne Vanneste;Thierry Voet;Cédric Le Caignec;Cédric Le Caignec;Michèle Ampe

  • X-linked mental retardation and autism are associated with a mutation in the NLGN4 gene, a member of the neuroligin family.

    Frédéric Laumonnier;Frédérique Bonnet-Brilhault;Marie Gomot;Romuald Blanc

  • Duplication of the MECP2 region is a frequent cause of severe mental retardation and progressive neurological symptoms in males.

    Hilde Van Esch;Marijke Bauters;Jaakko Ignatius;Mieke Jansen

  • GATA3 haplo-insufficiency causes human HDR syndrome.

    H Van Esch;P Groenen;M A Nesbit;S Schuffenhauer

  • Oligophrenin-1 encodes a rhoGAP protein involved in X-linked mental retardation

    P Billuart;T Bienvenu;N Ronce;des Portes

  • Neurofibromatosis type 1

    Legius E;Descheemaeker Mj;Fryns Jp;Van den Berghe H

  • Germline Mutations in the PTEN/MMAC1 Gene in Patients With Cowden Disease

    M. R. Nelen;W. C. G. Van Staveren;E. A. J. Peeters;Mohammed Ben Hassel

  • Zinc metalloproteinase, ZMPSTE24, is mutated in mandibuloacral dysplasia.

    Anil K. Agarwal;Jean Pierre Fryns;Richard J. Auchus;Abhimanyu Garg

  • Germline loss-of-function mutations in SPRED1 cause a neurofibromatosis 1-like phenotype.

    Hilde Brems;Magdalena Chmara;Magdalena Chmara;Mourad Sahbatou;Ellen Denayer

  • Mutations in the gene encoding the human matrix Gla protein cause Keutel syndrome

    P B Munroe;R O Olgunturk;Jean-Pierre Fryns;L Van Maldergem

  • Mutations in the human ortholog of Aristaless cause X-linked mental retardation and epilepsy

    Petter Strømme;Marie E. Mangelsdorf;Marie E. Mangelsdorf;Marie A. Shaw;Karen M. Lower;Karen M. Lower

  • Constitutively activating mutation in WASP causes X-linked severe congenital neutropenia

    Koenraad Devriendt;Annette S. Kim;Gert Mathijs;Suzanna G M Frints

  • Mutations in the transcription factor gene SOX18 underlie recessive and dominant forms of hypotrichosis-lymphedema-telangiectasia.

    Alexandre Irrthum;Koenraad Devriendt;David Chitayat;Gert Matthijs

  • p63 Gene mutations in EEC syndrome, limb-mammary syndrome, and isolated split hand-split foot malformation suggest a genotype-phenotype correlation

    Hans van Bokhoven;Ben C.J. Hamel;Mike Bamshad;Eugenio Sangiorgi

  • Mutations in the JARID1C gene, which is involved in transcriptional regulation and chromatin remodeling, cause X-linked mental retardation.

    Lars Riff Jensen;Marion Amende;Ulf Gurok;Bettina Moser

  • Cohen Syndrome Is Caused by Mutations in a Novel Gene, COH1, Encoding a Transmembrane Protein with a Presumed Role in Vesicle-Mediated Sorting and Intracellular Protein Transport

    Juha Kolehmainen;Graeme C.M. Black;Graeme C.M. Black;Anne Saarinen;Kate Chandler

  • Loss-of-function mutations in euchromatin histone methyl transferase 1 (EHMT1) cause the 9q34 subtelomeric deletion syndrome.

    Tjitske Kleefstra;Han G. Brunner;Jeanne Amiel;Astrid R. Oudakker

  • Intelligence and psychosocial adjustment in velocardiofacial syndrome: a study of 37 children and adolescents with VCFS.

    Ann Swillen;Koenraad Devriendt;Eric Legius;Benedicte Eyskens

  • Chromosome Instability Is Common in Human Cleavage-Stage Embryos

    Evelyne Vanneste;Thierry Voet;Cedric Le Caginec;Michele Ampe

  • The neurobiology of autism.

    S T Potgieter;Jean-Pierre Fryns

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric Legius
Eric Legius KU Leuven
Jean Steyaert
Jean Steyaert KU Leuven
Gert Matthijs
Gert Matthijs KU Leuven
Peter Marynen
Peter Marynen KU Leuven
Jamel Chelly
Jamel Chelly Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology
Marc Gewillig
Marc Gewillig KU Leuven

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